PAGAN LORD

Uhtred, sword of the Saxons, bane of the Vikings, has been declared outcast. Peace in Britain has given him time to cause trouble - for himself. Branded a pagan abomination by the church, he sails north. For, despite suspecting that Viking leader Cnut Longsword will attack the Saxons again, Uhtred is heading for Bebbanburg, fearing that if he does not act now he will never reclaim his stolen birthright. Yet his fate is bound to the Saxons, to Aethelflaed, bright lady of Mercia, and to a dead king's dream of England. For great battles must still be fought, and no man is better at that than Uhtred. 345pp, paperback.